Zanu PF official’s sentence quashed

EVANS Kamombo, a top Zanu PF official, who was disqualified from standing as the party’s parliamentary candidate for Nyanga North constituency and sentenced to nine years in jail for theft, has had his conviction quashed  by the High Court.

Kamombo was being acccused of stealing fertiliser worth US$40 075 belonging to Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Tanzania Anselem Sanyatwe.

A High Court judge yesterday dismissed the matter after the chief witness, Nyanga North MP Chido Sanyatwe failed to attend court to testify against him.

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